Disasteer Recovery

Disaster Recovery Plan 1.

Disaster Recovery Plan

By

Carlos Felipe Roman

Instructor: Ridwan Bari

IT 244

Disaster Recovery Plan 2.

What is the purpose of a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP)?

The purpose for a Disaster Recovery Plan for an organization is to deal with potential

disasters. Just as a disaster is an event that makes the continuation of normal functions

impossible, a disaster recovery plan consists of the precautions taken so that the effects of a

disaster will be minimized and the organization will be able to either maintain or quickly resume

mission-critical functions. Typically, disaster recovery planning involves an analysis of business

processes and continuity needs; it may also include a significant focus on disaster prevention.

What are the key elements for a (DRP)?

Writing and testing a disaster recovery plan is one of the key elements of business

continuity management. A disaster recovery plan should interface with the overall business

continuity management plan, be clear and concise, focus on the key activities required to recover

the critical IT services, be tested reviewed and updated on a regular basis, have an owner, and

enable the recovery objectives to be met.

The key objective of a disaster recovery plan is to detail the key activities required to

reinstate the critical IT services within the agreed recovery objectives. The most effective start

point for any DR plan is the ‘declaration of a disaster’ once an incident has been deemed serious

enough that ‘forward fixing’ at the primary location is impractical or is likely to result in an

outage expending beyond the maximum tolerable outage.

What Are The Five Methods Of Testing a DRP?

There are five different ways to test a DRP for accuracy and reliability. A walk through

is used when people who are critical to the execution of the plan meet to discuss and walk

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